The Cuban content creator Rosy, known on social media as @rossy_guajira_natural, responded to a follower who claimed that the economic crisis for Cubans was due to a lack of employment.
"You are mistaken, there is indeed work in Cuba," the influencer stated in a video. She explained that she recently paid one hundred pesos for a cosmetic service. The work lasted about an hour.
“That person would need to serve ten customers to gather enough to buy a liter of oil,” she explained. In this simple way, the Cuban illustrated the gap between labor efforts and purchasing power on the island.
The case presented by the influencer highlights a much deeper structural issue. It is the uncontrolled inflation that is hitting the economy of Cubans, in a country characterized by a limited supply of all kinds of goods and extremely low national production.
There are trades and private ventures where people earn more than in state jobs, but in both sectors, incomes do not compensate for the rapid rise in prices.
The value of the Cuban peso has collapsed, and the cost of basic products such as oil, rice, or meat is continuously multiplying, while salaries remain stagnant.
In this scenario, having a job in Cuba does not guarantee a decent life.
Most Cubans are facing an economy characterized by scarcity, the high cost of essential goods, and a loss of purchasing power, which exacerbate inequality and social discouragement.
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